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The katana is one of several Japanese types of swords. This weapon is also called a samurai sword, and is defined as a standard sized somewhat curved Japanese sword with a blade length greater than 23 inches.
The katana is one of several Japanese types of swords. This weapon is also called a samurai sword, and is defined as a standard sized somewhat curved Japanese sword with a blade length greater than 23 inches.
The samurai sword is recognized by its unique looks: a curved, thin, single edged blade, circular or squared guard, and a long grip to fit two hands. The samurai sword has historically been associated with the samurai of feudal Japan, and has become well-known for its blade sharpness and cutting ability.
In the strictest sense, the term katana in Japanese is applied to all kinds of single-edged swords, of any origin, and does not necessarily refer to a Japanese samurai sword
"Katana" was used as an everyday reference for a single-edged blade having a "sori" or curvature of the sword’s blade. While the "sugata" or appearance can take a lot of shapes, as well as double edged, the expression is now used the wrong way to describe nihontō that are 2 shaku ( 24 in) and longer, also acknowledged as "dai" or "daito" among Western sword aficionados.
This distinguishes them from the straight-bladed chokutō, which was brought from China by way of Korea. The chokutō is hypothesized to have been the first "sugata" type the katana took on, being sculpted after the imported swords. This emergence of the first nihontō took place the same time period as the beginning of Japanese feudalism and acknowledgment of the daimyo or "great family" in the late ninth century.
Pronounced kah-ta-nah, the kun'yomi (Japanese reading) of the kanji , at first meaning dao (sword) or knife/saber in Chinese, the word has been adopted as a loanword by the Portuguese language.[5] In Portuguese the designation (spelled catana) means "large knife" As Japanese does not have separate plural and singular forms, both "katanas" and "katana" are considered acceptable forms in English.
Another expression, Daikatana , is a pseudo-Japanese term meaning "large sword", derived from the Chinese dadao. The reading error comes from the many ways Japanese Kanji can be read, depending on their grouping or not in a word. It has been used in some (English-language) fictional works to represent a kind of large katana; the video game Daikatana, for example used this pseudo-term as its title. The correct name of this type of sword is tachi, and is not the same as ōtachi and nodachi.
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